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How many scenarios are there where the rename both matters (beyond taste and philosophy) and is across interface boundaries? Surely if it is an advantage to rename once in a ginorm…

You said you weren't a software development team. What kind of functions do you have? For me, and most people I've worked with, having an all-day meeting specifically to mimic the …

This isn't about architecture so much as implementation, though. Would you prefer to look at a sequence diagram there, or actual code? To me, only the code is real because it can b…

> Also abusable are the new GDPR requests. How? Seems to me that if they're storing (and handing over) data that allows trivial account takeover, they have a broken security proces…

Five hours a week is no small investment. Focusing on calories/kJ in That said, it's definitely not an either/or situation.

What you're describing is leadership, just not the popular style. To put terms to it, you weren't doing Taylorist command and control, you were doing servant leadership. In my opin…

Mostly, yes, but it comes down to moderation and subreddit culture. Reddit - as a company - doesn't take moderation seriously, as evidenced by it being left to unpaid volunteers.

> I see and hear of GDPR violations everywhere The legal follow-up could be better. The exacted fines should actually follow the law instead of being softened. With at least 4% of …

I think they might be referring to the dark pattern where there are two sets of "Legitimate Purposes": 1. Actual legitimate purposes for core functionality 2. A toggleable "legitim…

> except for the extremely strong willed, [...] addicting Addiction isn't about willpower so much as psychopathology and genetics. It's a coping mechanism. > getting used to a sere…

I've just listened to the original version for the first time. What leads you to the conclusion that it's "pretty clear that respect means sex"? To me, he could mean she gets used …

I think we're basically in agreement: neither of us thinks we should be naive about these agencies, as they definitely aren't. Intelligence/security agencies have a purpose, but sh…

> The Security Services has to protect a country Implied is the statement that the end justifies the means. But how do you weigh the proportionality of measures taken? Do you adopt…

To be clear, I wasn't putting the blame with IVRs or their designers. I was specifically speaking to the UX that results from businesses programming them and the menu options they …

Aside from the usual Guardian dalliance with identity politics, this article comes across as either nihilistic, or making the case for contentment with what we've got rather than t…

> global payment network that is horrible to deal with With proper regulation, banks can have maximum terms on holding money mid-transfer, limits (or even abolition!) of transfer a…

That's true in the US. For many in Europe, it's the other way around.

The same reason companies use byzantine IVR systems (phone menus). To save support costs by making people give up.

> higher unemployment Yes, but the US also measures unemployment differently. People are culled from those statistics much faster in the US than in Belgium. > lower per capita inco…

To me the stunning part is the assumption the common denominator can decide on what is or isn't quality entertainment. Going by that metric, the Bachelor, Love Island, the various …

Maybe the next big step is creating AI-driven cargo ships that can independently get stuck in the Suez canal. On a more serious note, I can't shake the impression that would be a l…

> Perhaps someone gets depressed every three months near end of quarter when their hours get cut? As someone who's been clinically depressed, your examples seem contrived to me. Ar…

Not being able to use the shiniest version of everything isn't tech debt, it's brownfield development or maintenance mode. Using deprecated versions (beyond LTS), ignoring security…

What kind of proficiency do you mean, exactly? To me, the concept sounds too nebulous for a machine to analyse, as it needs precise instructions/criteria.

Well, if it were fun, it would lose its shine if you're constantly being told it doesn't matter to the business.